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Windows 7: In and out of game freezes, crashes, restarts and occasional BSOD.

Pretty much as the title describes. Of late the system has been prone to random resets, freezing up entirely. (No HDD activity etc.) And it seldom goes to BSOD it just freeze screens and I have to manually powerdown.

To help diagnostic I am not going to lie, I did a stupid thing, and reinstalled Daemon tools I had an image file I had to get at. Its since been removed and I even did a system restore to a point before it was put back in. But the problems have persisted.

I also cannot at current update my video card drivers to current install as theres a few old as shit apps I have to run on a day by day that dont seem to want to run under the newest drivers.

Points to memory. May be worth running Memtest86+ for seven passes overnight when you have a chance again. It does not always find errors the first time. You may also have a driver conflict or Windows corruption.

If you are overclocking any hardware, please stop.

Run SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker up to three times to fix all errors with a restart in between each. Post back if it continues to show errors after a fourth run or if the first run comes back with no integrity violations.

Run the boot version of Memtest86+ paying close attention to Parts 2 and 3 of the tutorial. Also, in case Memtest86+ misses anything and comes up with no errors, run the extended version of the Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool for at least five passes. These you may want to run overnight since they take a long time to complete (run them an hour before bed each of the next two nights and check before going to sleep that they are still running).

For Part 3: If You Have Errors: If you swap any memory components, follow these steps for ESD safety:

Shut down and turn off your computer.

Unplug all power supplies to the computer (AC Power then battery for laptops, AC power for desktops)

Hold down the power button for 30 seconds to close the circuit and ensure all power drains from components.

Make sure you are grounded by using proper grounding techniques, i.e. work on an anti-static workbench, anti-static desk, or an anti-static pad. Hold something metallic while touching it to the anti-static surface, or use an anti-static wristband to attach to the anti-static material while working.

Once these steps have been followed, it is safe to remove and replace components within your computer.

An underlying driver may be incompatible\conflicting with your system. Run Driver Verifier to find any issues. To run Driver Verifier, do the following:

If Windows cannot start in normal mode with driver verifier running, start in safe mode. If it cannot start in safe mode or normal mode, restore the system restore point using System Restore OPTION TWO.

Thanks to zigzag3143 for contributing to the Verifier steps.
If you are unable to start Windows with all drivers being verified or if the blue screen crashes fail to create .dmp files, run them in groups of 5 or 10 until you find a group that causes blue screen crashes and stores the blue screen .dmp files.

The idea with Verifier is to cause the system to crash, so do the things you normally do that cause crashes. After you have a few crashes, upload the crash reports for us to take a look and try to find patterns.

When you are ready to disable Verifier: Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Right click Command Prompt -> Run as administrator -> Type the following command and then Enter:

verifier /reset

-> Restart your computer.

Can you upload your msinfo32.nfo file again? Yours was corrupted. To get the file: Start Menu -> Type msinfo32 into the Search programs and files box -> When it opens, go to File, Save -> Save as msinfo32.nfo and save in a place you will remember -> Let it finish the process of gathering and saving the system info -> Right click the .nfo file, click send to compressed (zipped) folder -> Upload the .zip file here.

Thanks for the quick reply and when I get home from work I will try that stuff out. Currently I'm on 12 hour shifts so I will be able to let the Memtest run for an extended duration tomorrow and see if any errors are found on higher passes ran. The Memtest I used was the iso burnt to cd and ran on bootup. Is there a different one I should be using?

As of right now the system is fine, usually, when sitting idle on the desktop but any attempt to run a full screen game or even a particularly intensive flash game seems to make my pc have a brain melting aneurysm. Will try out the above and as soon as I am home fish out a non-corrupt file. Though it is looking like this install of windows is nearing its lifespan with the constantly reoccuring problems. Which is doubly an issue since the thing was an OEM install and i've no recovery media, sans repair disc I made with the OS, so formatting for now is out of the question.

Looks like your system info is incompatible with my system or you have major corruption occurring. Instead of saving, try exporting (Start Menu -> Type msinfo32 into the Search programs and files box -> File -> Export -> msinfo32.txt). You can upload the .txt file here.

That is not a good sign that you had a blue screen crash running SFC /SCANNOW. See what Memtest86+ reveals.

Yeah I went to run the memtest this morning before work and on pass 0 pretty much instantaneously (5-20 mins it took me to shower and come back) it found a heap of errors and stopped running. So I believe that brings me to the step where I have to remove all but one of the chips and run individual scans.

So that will be a project once I get home from work tonight in about twelve hours.

It shouldn't take you that long. Try each stick until you find one without errors. Just to be positive that there is not a slot error, try the stick(s) that show as good, in the different slots. Toss the offending sticks and replace as necessary.

EDIT: Once you think you have found the good remaining stick(s), then do an extensive run to verify.

In testing individual sticks how many passes should I let it run before it's deemed as an acceptable stick and move onto the next? Do I do 7 passes with every stick in the first slot then swap slots and sticks as needed?

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